Written as a four page outline then transformed to a feature-length script through a collaborative filmmaking process. Actors used improvisational acting to create the dialogue. Real locations were used with their actual staff. Documentary filmmakers captured the action using a cinema verité style of filmmaking.
Samonte Cruz (Johnny) was hit by a car before the first day of rehearsals and broke his neck. The film crew decided that he was too important to replace and reorganized the production schedule to shoot his scenes after he recovered. Nearly four months later (3 months after principal photography), Samonte was able to move enough to act. His scenes were filmed in a two day stretch. He would apply his neck brace in between takes. Scenes were choreographed to get the most action while maintaining accessibility for Samonte.
While practicing their scene, William David Borden who had just been married the previous January to C. Mazas (pronounced Mathis) and Maximillian Davis (who was playing Jesus, the main character in the movie) realized that the interview questions Jesus would be asked by the counselor (played by William David Borden) included asking Jesus for his last name. The character had, to that point in the production process, not needed a last name. William and Maximillian decided for fun to use Mazas, but only spoke it during the practice as the lines were all improvised with no need to write anything down. After an hour or so of practice, the crew called for recording of the scene. As the cameras rolled William said, "And what is your name?" Max replied, "Uh, Jesus Mazas - M.A.T.H.I.S"...spelling it out. William replied, on camera, with six crew members filming and recording sound and having just spent a long long time setting up all the lights and such, "That's not right!" (reacting needlessly to the misspelling of his husband's last name). A somewhat frustrated "CUT!" was heard, not to mention a few snickers.